#A8A3E9#A8A3E9

#A8A3E9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.100 H 287.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A3E9
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 233)
HSL	hsl(244, 61%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(244, 30%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 30%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, 17.01, -34.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 38.48, 296.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% 0.0292 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.1 287)
XYZ	xyz(43.9499, 40.4015, 82.5577)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A3E9 #E4E9A3

analogous

#A3C1E9 #A8A3E9 #CBA3E9

triadic

#A8A3E9 #E9A8A3 #A3E9A8

tetradic

#A8A3E9 #E9A3C1 #E4E9A3 #A3E9CB

square

#A8A3E9 #E9A3C1 #E4E9A3 #A3E9CB

split-complementary

#A8A3E9 #E9CBA3 #C1E9A3

monochromatic

#4B40D1 #7972DD #A8A3E9 #D7D4F5 #E8E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A8A3E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#A8A3E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A3E9

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A3E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A3E9	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ACEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99AFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a3e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.100 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bef0',
    500: '#a8a3e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a3e9;
$custom-light: #c3bef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a3e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.286,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74574,
    "c": 0.10006,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.40402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A3E9

secondary

#EFF0DB

accent

#C91CBD

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A3E9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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